Highlights - Faculty

University of Massachusetts Lowell Nursing Faculty Member, Sarah Belisle has been recognized for participation in the New Faculty Institute for Gerontological Nursing.

  

North Andover resident co-authors book on seniors and mental health - Lawrence Eagle Tribune, December 19, 2010

Karen Devereaux Melillo, North Andover resident and UMass Lowell chair of nursing, has co-authored a new, one-of a kind book that combines the study of aging with that of psychiatric mental health.

"Geropsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Second Edition" addresses the knowledge and skills necessary in the assessment and nursing care of older adults experiencing common late life mental health and psychiatric problems. The text features experts in gerontological nursing and geropsychiatric fields and provides essential information for advanced practice and professional nurses in addition to graduate and undergraduate nursing students.

Miki Patterson Ph.D., APRN, ONP, has been selected for the Clara A. Donahoo Lectureship Award by the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) for her development of an Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Nurse Practitioner Post Master’s Certificate program at UMass Lowell. For more, read the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners newsletter (pdf).

The UMass Lowell Graduate Program in Nursing is pleased to announce a new 12-credit online certificate: Sleep & Sleep Disorders in Health and Disease.  More information can be found on the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Coalition newsletter (pdf) as well as on the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners website.

University Sends Delegation to Clemson Conference:UML/News

Dr. May Futrell, Ph.D., FAAN, FGSA, Professor Emerita and former Chair, has received the distinction of being named a “Living Legend in Massachusetts Nursing” by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, and she will be honored at the Annual Awards Meeting of MARN on Friday, April 16, 2010.

Dr. Angela Nannini, FNP, Ph.D. is being honored as Excellence in Nursing Education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses at the Annual Awards Meeting on Friday, April 16, 2010. 

Federal stimulus funding has allowed UMass Lowell to more than double its number of smart classrooms - UMass Lowell Gets Smart.

 
Ramraj Gautam, a visiting Lecturer in Gerontology from Nepal, attended the Gerontology Society of America conference and presented his poster "Intergenerational social support, conflict, and mental health of older adults in Nepal." Here he is with Department Chair Karen Devereaux Melillo.

(L-R) Dr. John B. Williamson, Dr. Karen Devereaux Melillo, Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, Marla Berg-Weger, Susan Flanagan, and Dr. Bob Newcomer.

 

Chair of Nursing Karen Devereaux Melillo was awarded Fellow status with the Gerontological Society of America, through the Social Research, Policy and Practice Section. She was presented with the award at the annual Fellows Reception in November at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Atlanta, GA.

"Research Shows Vitamin/Nutraceutical Combination Improves Memory, Cognitive Performance"

A recent study presented at the Gerontological Society of America’s 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting shows that a combination of vitamins and nutriceuticals improves memory and cognitive performance in community-dwelling adults.

A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell including by Dr. Ruth Remington made the discovery.